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An act to amend Section 30275 of add Section 99175 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to transit districts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 137, as amended, Allen.
Transit districts: ordinances.

Existing law provides for the creation of the Southern California Rapid Transit District in and around the County of Los Angeles, with specified powers and duties relative to providing public transit service. Existing law requires an ordinance passed by the board of directors of the district to be published once within 15 days after passage in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the district. imposes various requirements on transit districts relating to the passage of ordinances.

This bill would authorize the district to print and publish an ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation more than once within 15 days after passage. The bill would require the district to also make an ordinance available online on appropriate Internet Web sites within 15 days after passage.
would, in addition to any other requirements, require a transit district to publish an ordinance on its Internet Web site, or the otherwise appropriate Internet Web site, within 15 days after the ordinance’s passage and in a manner that is accessible and easily navigable. By requiring a local agency to perform an additional duty, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.Section 30275 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

30275.

An ordinance shall be signed by the president or the vice president of the board and attested by the secretary. An ordinance shall be published at least once within 15 days after passage in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the
district and shall also be made available online on appropriate Internet Web sites within 15 days after passage.

SECTION 1.

Section 99175 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

99175.

In addition to any other requirements, a transit district shall publish an ordinance on its Internet Web site, or the otherwise appropriate Internet Web site, within 15 days after the ordinance’s passage and in a manner that is accessible and easily navigable.

SEC. 2.

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.